Azerbaijanis will go to France and Turkey
The next championship of European Chess will take place in France from Mart 21 to April 3, 2011. As azerisport.com reports the prize money is 120 thousand euro.
European championship among girls will take place at the same terms but in Turkey in Gazantep city.
At least three candidates will fight for the position of president of European Chess Union. Here are the candidates: Veselin Toaplov’s manager – Silvio Danailov from Bulgaria, the president of Turkish chess federation – Ali Yazichi and the president of European Chess Union Boris Kutin from Slovenia.
The elections of president of European Chess Union will take place on September, 2010 in Khanty-Mansiysk during International Chess Olympiad and the congress of International Chess Federation (FIDE).